As of Tuesday, Aaron Jamaal Stanback, of Greenbrier County, was being held at the Eastern Regional Jail on $500,000 bail.

According to jail records, Stanback was booked at the jail, located in Martinsburg, April 1, 2012.

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Stanback was previously sentenced in Greenbrier County Circuit Court Aug. 27, 2012, to 15 to 45 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse and an additional count of felony sexual abuse.

The inmate he is accused of sexually assaulting is currently awaiting trial in Berkeley County Circuit Court on child sexual abuse and assault charges, as well as charges of assault during the commission of a felony and child neglect creating a substantial risk of bodily injury.

According to court records, at about 1:07 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to the Eastern Regional Jail after receiving a report that the alleged victim was sexually assaulted at the jail and was being transported to City Hospital in Martinsburg.

The victim told police at the hospital that he was in his cell and was sexually assaulted by Stanback.

After reviewing the evidence and speaking with doctors and nurses at the hospital, police believed that the victim was sexually assaulted.

At about 4 a.m. Tuesday, police traveled to the jail, where correctional officers had Stanback in a waiting room waiting to be interviewed. Stanback at first denied that he sexually assaulted the victim. After several minutes, Stanback told police he had consensual sexual intercourse with the victim. Stanback told police was rough with the victim, but didn't mean to hurt him, records show.

Stanback said the victim was bleeding when correctional officers took him. Police examined the victim's cell and observed blood on a mat located on the floor, records show.

If convicted of first-degree sexual assault, Stanback faces 15 to 35 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.